Bakacast

On this week's episode, we lament JoJo's interminable pacing, finally learn when Shirou and Rin get it on, have a lot of fun saying "Dog Hummer," and reveal that I have--in fact--been watching Hunter x Hunter again. I even talk about how crazy it is when that one muscle guy bites the leech dude's skull off. Now stop bugging me about it.

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So Luke finally got around to watching Isuca, which he colorfully described as a "gas chamber." Which I guess means he liked it? Yeah, that's how metaphors work. By the end of his segment, I felt a little bad about what I did, so I gave him a much easier assignment for next time: Triage X. I'm a good friend.

In other news, we find that Nanoha Vivid is much better at being shounen than it is at being slice-of-life, Blood Blockade vampires are way better than most vampires these days, and Yamada-kun might secretly be the best rom-com this season.

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On this episode of Bakacast, Blood Blockade manages to make chess really interesting, Yamada-kun surprises us with how decent it is, Ninja Slayer surprises us with how bad it is, and Sidonia goes full moe. Also, my dogs bark a lot. I'm sorry about that. Dogs have no respect for audio quality.

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On this episode of Bakacast, we pick up a few more Spring shows and drop a couple that just weren't earning the time we were giving them. Despite our initial concerns, this season might actually have just as many shows worth watching as the Winter, even if we drop a few shows that are on the borderline. So a pretty good deal for anime fans. Not so great for my work-life balance.

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Now, I know what you're going to say. "Dustin, did you really expect some of these shows on your list to be good?" No, of course I didn't. But I was also hoping that some of the less-obvious-stinkers would be, well, slightly above mediocre. Or at least not insulting. So hey, hats off to Shokugeki no Souma and Denpa Kyoushi for failing to clear my low expectations even harder than I thought they would. That was a hell of an achievement.

On the plus side, Kekkai Sensen is everything I hoped it would be and more. So yeah, just watch that show, I guess. Everything else is superfluous.

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Only Larry, Ben, Aaron and I are here to send the winter season on its way. Luke was busy watching all of Isuca out of some misguided sense of journalistic integrity; and Megan passed out as soon as she got back from work. Honestly, my body forcing me to take a nap sounds more enjoyable than watching another episode of JoJo that tries to convince me that Boingo is a funny and entertaining antagonist. He's not. And Hol Horse can only do so much to salvage this arc. I love you, Araki. But sometimes I really hate you.

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On this episode, our load finally lightens a bit as Yona and Parasyte have their season and series finales, respectively. If there's any justice in the world, Yona will get another season. Also, Luke reviews Gundam Build Fighters Try, which he didn't watch many episodes of simply because he didn't feel it deserved to be mocked very much. So...I guess all you people who kept talking about Build Fighters weren't just crazy. Let no one say I'm not willing to admit when I'm wrong.

Unless you're dissing Tari Tari. That show was pretty good, and I don't care what anyone else says.

Also, I'm certain we reviewed Yuri Kuma 11, but even after listening to the podcast to edit it I have no idea where our review of it actually is. So yeah. It's somewhere in there, probably.

Please email listener questions to bakacast[at]projectharuhi.net or leave them in the comments below.

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On this episode of Bakacast, Luke finds that the ending of Aquarion EVOL (as with suprsingly many mecha anime) isn't nearly as interesting to him as the beginning. We also learn that JoJo's still has some spunk left in it (thank you Darby); decide that Yuri Kuma is probably a dream Ikuhara had that he decided to adapt faithfully; break down the final themes of Parasyte; and discover, thanks to Aaron's love of manga, that Maria gets even more ridiculously pretty when she gets older. Some people are just lucky, I guess.

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Luke is back, and this time he takes on the first five episodes of Aquarion EVOL. Yeah. That show that we all like to varying degrees, mostly because of how completely ridiculous it is. At least he doesn't have to feel bad about watching something for once. Then in our review segments, I finally begin to understand Ikuhara, and we review one of the best episodes of any show I've ever seen: Paranoia Agent #3.

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On this episode of Bakacast, Aaron is forced to participate a little more, because I'm once again recording inside his house. Suffer with me, Aaron. Suffer with me. Also, Luke shows up for just long enough to let us know that he forgot to do his job. Don't worry, though. The wait is worth it. Trust me on this.

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